EVE General Discussion

IMO alts arent the problem, sure Id LOVE to see a one character and one account gameplay, but that simply not Eve. The development of content, that slow and arduous task to create content and build an empire lends itself perfectly to alts in this game because of its slow and methodical nature. Its something CCP desired in the game itself because it paid them more in the long run and now players are complaining when they cannot or will not do so in their game and are becoming posterboys for change.

That being said I have 22 accounts and numerous alts I do stuff with. I built up such a vast array of accounts purely so as NOT to be blueballed by other players looking to ruin my fun in such a way as that the only alternative was NOT to play. This is an unacceptable form of gameplay imo and is the REAL detriment to the game of Eve Online. But then that is also an end result of a game where you are supposed to play the villain and actively seek to ruin others game play so that only the strong survive. It is jsut the nature of the beast in this case.

I refuse to be hamstrung by anyone in this game and forced to log off and NOT play a game I enjoy and want to play. In that aspect its BAD game design and alts are the way around that as there is no real way to force only one character and account like you have in real life with the resultant consequences inherent in such a system. Would it in some ways be preferable to me? Sure. But would make a slow game even more unplayable and boring and people would flee from it like the plague. So I use the game mechanics to stop that from happening, stay longer in the eve world and therefore produce more content over those accounts in the long run.

Yes it can be frustrating. Yes it can be annoying. But guess what thats life and thats Eve in a nutshell. Either use what you can and rise above it or just leave the game. Its your only options.

One thing I could never really understand is how in EVE fiction pilots are in the ship. CCP cinematics used to show you in what gives name to the HYDROSTATIC CAPSULE (https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Capsule) but at the same time, they had it shown in other cinematics the capsuleer in front of a screen seated on a chair, which is not featured in the Capitains Quarters when you see the capsule opened.

Also, they imply since day one that you are faster and more agile than regular pilots because that plugs on your back are a direct link to your nervous system to the ship you flying, which is also not shown in the regular cinematics.

Now to the point: FOR THAT REASON IS IT NEEDED TO PUT THAT HAT TO MAKE THE PILOT RUSSIAN and therefore you need him to be fully dressed and seated, or it is just plain racist ?

I just don't like competing against other players wallets. I had a mobile game for spending on, they would have some shiny goodies once in a while. I used to play something called battle nations, and spent money. Then candycrush bought them out and completely abandoned the game.


So I go to Gamelofts dungeon hunter series, and once my armor is about as high as it's going to get I spend 10$ on energy refills (yeah you use energy to play >_>) to earn enough points for an event armor, but AS IT TURNS OUT you have to at the same time compete against other peoples wallets on the leaderboard for only this event in order to upgrade the armor to any usefulness. So I may be done with that game shortly.


In EVE I am competing against multiple accounts, which is frustrating as all hell. I can say i'm glad we have plex to counter chinese isk sellers but alts are more OP than any amount of isk in the game.

The detriment vs. convenience question is irrelevant now. The game has evolved along certain lines to where the operation of many accounts is an integral part of the game for quite a few players. It's too late to change that.